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Townships Average 37.20% Increase in Tax Levy Today McHenry County Blog is revealing numbers for Townships. In summary from 2002 to 2016: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased by 33.8%. County Population increased by 10.55%. County Assessments have increased … Continue reading →

State Rep. David McSweeney has seen enough. Reading about what is happening in Algonquin Township, he has decided to introduce a bill that would allow voters to abolish township governments. The legislation would require a petition to trigger a referendum … Continue reading →

The Edgar County Watchdogs’ Illinois Leaks web site reports on a bill passed unanimously and signed into law by Governor Bruce Rauner which makes it more difficult to challenge township governments’ having too much money in the bank. The Edgar … Continue reading →

With what happened in McHenry County when township consolidation was considered, Senate Bill 3, which the Governor just signed, will certainly have an effect and give supporters of consolidation new headwinds. Rep. Steve Anderson is the Chief Co-Sponsor of the … Continue reading →

Wonder Lake’s Bob Anderson testified in Springfield before the entire House of Representatives on government consolidation. His message is summarized below: The restructuring (streamlining) of Illinois’ 7,000 unit of local government system, starting with township consolidation or elimination, will put … Continue reading →

There is little doubt that township government provides little service to folks in cities and villages. Assessment of property is the only function that touches every home and business owner. True, municipalities receives a portion of road taxes, but obviously, … Continue reading →

Consolidation of township road functions is taking a new twist in DuPage County. According to the Naperville Sun, a judge is being asked to putA the following question on the spring ballot: Shall the Naperville Road District and the Lisle … Continue reading →

The Illinois Policy Institute has an article on an advisory referendum put on the ballot by the Peru City Council. The article points out that of $390,000 collected in property taxes, “$189,000 – almost 40 percent – went toward its … Continue reading →

Below are the bills that Governor Bruce Rauner vetoed today: Veto Message for HB 1052 Today I return House Bill 1052, which would allow the transfer of authority and control over certain private roads in Warren Township to the highway … Continue reading →

Ups and downs. That describes what McHenry County taxpayers will see in this year’s real estate tax bills. As reported Saturday, county government provided significant savings by zeroing out last year’s $3 million Valley Hi Nursing Home tax levy. (If … Continue reading →

Friday morning the Legislative Committee is considering a resolution sent to it by the County Board. The guts of it are below WHEREAS, the McHenry County Board desires to have an independent, third party assist with the study of township … Continue reading →

A press release from Dan Wilbrandt, one of four candidates to replace State Rep. Mike Tryon: TAXPAYERS OF McHENRY COUNTY SILENCED BY CONSOLIDATION VOTE West Dundee – Last week, the McHenry County Board had an opportunity to give a voice … Continue reading →

From a comment left by McHenry County Board member Mike Walkup: Just to clarify some factually erroneous things I have seen in various comments on the township consolidation vote question. First, the McHenry County Board has limited jurisdiction.For example, it … Continue reading →

Below is the statement that McHenry County Board member Mike Walkup, a candidate for McHenry County Board Chairman in the Republican Primary Election next spring, is making to the Board’s Legislative Committee. State Senator Pam Althoff is attending the meeting. … Continue reading →

The McHenry County Board is considering a resolution Tuesday that will result in a study about township consolidation. The resolution is not yet available, but here’s the summary: Resolution Authorizing an Agreement with Northern Illinois University’s Center for Governmental Studies … Continue reading →

The people seeking to put township consolidation on the ballot are making robocalls to encourage people to call wavering County Board members to vote, “Yes.” While I imagine they are making the calls in each McHenry County Board district where … Continue reading →

Who knew? Township consolidation is not just being discussed in McHenry County. Seven Western Illinois Gatehouse Newspapers took a look at the subject on Sunday. Some information from Knox County: Before the 2000 Census, Knox County had eight township assessors. … Continue reading →

There was a lot of information in the first story about the township consolidation people’s survey. I left out the cross tabs, which provide breakouts of answers to the questions, so I have put them below. Cross Tabs How to … Continue reading →

McHenry County Board Township Consolidation Task Force Chairwoman Carolyn Schofield made her report to the County Board Tuesday morning. She presented fourteen slides, which you will see below. Not much of the information was new. She said the Task Force … Continue reading →